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OSHA Injury Report: Gopher Resource

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Gopher Resource in Eagan, MN 55121 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was furnace Laborer in secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper).

Establishment
Gopher Resource
Parent company
Gopher Resource
Street
685 Yankee Doodle Road
City
Eagan
State
MN
ZIP
55121
On-site location
Reverb Furnace - Lead Side
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
85

Employee was tapping lead on the reverb lead side

As the employee was working on the lead side a slug fell off the stack and pinched his right foot as another employee was attempting to move it.

Right foot contusion

lead slug

Contusion to right foot from being pinched by slug

Job description
Furnace Laborer
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
331492 — Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
343
Total hours worked
815389
EIN
410662630
Establishment ID
357198
Employer case #
2508
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
1:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28FEB26:02:23:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.